My two step sons, Jorge and Leo, are part of a Autism Scholarship Program that is being hosted by Myles-A-Part. Myles-A-Part is partnering with two other Atlanta organizations to offer its first family therapy grants for families living with Autism. Please take a few minutes a watch the video below. If you or your company would like help our boys get the services they need, go to http://www.mylesapart.org/scholarship.html to get more information.
For me, the inspiration for the project was a TV special Peter Ustinov did on several geniuses, including Hawking. I found the predicament Hawking was in fascinating — that he might one day figure out the unified field theory and not be able to tell anyone, because of his progressive ALS. So there was this idea that he’d need a successor. And who would that be? Maybe this kid, a juvenile delinquent whose problem was that nobody realized he was too smart for his environment. That resonated with Walter. So I said, let’s actually go talk to people about how a kid could get in trouble and get discovered by a brainy scientist and take it from there.
Wargames was one of my favorite movies. I was just getting into hacking and phreaking at the time while running a BBS. I soon found my self at 2600 meetings and eventually getting interviewed by the feds (it wasn’t a job interview). The only movie that comes close is Sneakers. Wired has done a great job digging up some great interviews, and while I usually roll my eyes when Mitnick gets interviewed, he was impacted directly with this movie:
Mitnick: That movie had a significant effect on my treatment by the federal government. I was held in solitary confinement for nearly a year because a prosecutor told a judge that if I got near a phone, I could dial up Norad and launch a nuclear missile. I never hacked into Norad. And when the prosecutor said that, I laughed — in open court. I thought, “This guy just burned all his credibility.” But the court believed it. I think the movie convinced people that this stuff was real. They tried to make me into a fictional character.
If you are reading this, then you have found the new home for The Lazy Genius. I was using Blogware, and while I loved the software, I was getting too much traffic and too few ad clicks to justify paying for it. So I am on the free version of Wordpad and so far so good. My biggest gripe is that I cannot add any javascript widgets. So chances are I will be make another move soon to my own server. We’ll see.
This week I am at a customer site implementing TSOM 4.1. I hope that anyone that is still using 3.1 considers upgrading. The new features and robustness is worth it.
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The Project:
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When and Where: Auditions will be held Saturday, May 24th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Eyedrum, located at 290 MLK Jr. Drive, Suite 8, Atlanta, 30312. Performers will be seen on a first come – first served basis.
RSVP: Headshots and resumes will be accepted in advance and can be sent to 1kf-auditions@digitribe.net or PO Box 42 Jonesboro, GA 30237.
Some performers who pre-submit a headshot & resume may be selected
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will be sent to the head of the line when they arrive at the audition.
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In order to comply with government and industry regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and COBIT, enterprises have to constantly detect, validate, and report unauthorized change and out-of-compliance actions on their IT infrastructure.
The Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager v8.0 solution allows organizations to improve the security of their information systems by capturing comprehensive log data, correlating this data through sophisticated log interpretation and normalization, and communicating results through a dashboard and a full set of audit and compliance reporting.
We discuss the business context of security audit and compliance software for organizations, and we show a typical deployment within a business scenario.
This IBM Redbooks publication is a valuable resource for security officers, administrators, and architects who wish to understand and deploy a centralized security audit and compliance solution.
I am getting word if more and more coverage on these announcements that IBM made on Thursday. Here are a few excerpts from new stories:
Investor's Business Daily: “It's an extremely ambitious strategy but also one that plays well to some of the company's fundamental strengths,” said analyst Charles King, of research firm Pund-IT, whose clients include IBM. It “does very well at developing end-to-end solutions and its view of enterprise IT is quite sweeping in comparison to some of its competitors.”
eWEEK: “We've been seeing the security market itself lurch form headline to headline, and customers in particular need to stop thinking about their strategy in terms of the latest crisis,” said Lovejoy. “We're trying to elevate risk management above other security conversation; starting with PCI fits that mold well, because it dovetails with this concept of starting with a risk management plan.”
Investor's Business Daily: “The more we engage with our clients, the more it becomes clear that security as it has been until now is broken,” said Val Rahmani, general manager of infrastructure management services for IBM Global Technology Services. “Many clients have 32 different vendors doing security for them. Who can manage 32 different vendors doing related aspects of the same thing?”
InfoWorld: “[IBM is] in a position that few others in IT can match or challenge when it comes to having a fairly complete story across multiple aspects of enterprise IT and systems integration—but security had long been an obvious gap in that story,” said Scott Crawford, an analyst with Enterprise Management Associates. “What they are pushing towards with this announcement is a strategy that takes a more comprehensive approach to security across multiple fronts. With the rise of focus on a more strategic approach to GRC, I would expect more vendors to take a more strategic approach to the IT security and risk management market,” he continued. “This is an example of a company that can take on such an initiative with more credibility than many.”
Just to name a few… So, yeah, I've been busy. I am now working on both Tivoli Security Operations Manager (TSOM) and Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager (TCIM). These products work very well together in what is dubbed “The IBM SIEM Solution”. The articles above speak of Tivoli and Watchfire (part of the Rational brand) in Software Group and ISS in Global Technology Services. So the $1.5B will be spread around a bit.
The comforting thing is that IBM is making a significant investment into allowing it's recent acquisitions (Consul, Micromuse, ISS, Watchfire) work together to meet the customer's needs. No longer will people doubt me when I say “I'm a security guy” and “I work for IBM” together.
Hello to all you security geeks out there. This is just a quick note to let you know I have another blog that I just started. I just joined the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta (UUCA) and wanted to write up some of my spiritual perspectives. So if any one is interested, the name of the new blog is Gnu UU. See… I may have went and got all holy and stuff… but I'm still a geek. Look for continual erratic updates to this blog. Thanks to all my readers, keep the emails coming, but feel free to comment every know and then too!
[15:21] olgafun01: Hello,How are you doing? [15:21] me: good [15:22] olgafun01: Okay [15:22] olgafun01: Can you still help me [15:22] olgafun01: ? [15:25] me: help you? [15:26] olgafun01: Yeah [15:26] olgafun01: I told you before that i wanna clear my goods down there in African and i need your help [15:26] olgafun01: By given me some money to clear the goods out of threre and get it sell and after bthat i gonna pay you back as soon as i get the mony paid from him [15:27] me: sure, how much are we talking about? [15:28] olgafun01: $750 [15:28] me: no problem, send me your account number and routing number and I'll get it to you [15:31] olgafun01: Okay [15:31] olgafun01: But i dont have that [15:32] olgafun01: Dont need of account number for now.you gonna make the payment through western union [15:34] Meebo Message: olgafun01 is offline
It's nice to be entertained every now and then. I can't believe the persistence.
[13:53] olgafun01: How are you doing? [13:53] olgafun01: Hello [13:53] olgafun01: Buzz!! [13:54] me: Ever get back to the US? [13:55] olgafun01: Yeah [13:55] me: Good, what city is it that you live in again? [13:56] olgafun01: Am still in UK [13:56] me: So are you in the US or the UK? [13:57] olgafun01: UK now [13:58] olgafun01: But i wish to get to you before next 2 weeks okay [13:58] me: okay… You live in Atlanta right? [13:59] olgafun01: Nop [13:59] me: where do you live? [13:59] olgafun01: I live in Clarksville TN [13:59] olgafun01: That is where am really from [13:59] olgafun01: And you? [13:59] me: oh yeah, that's right. So whatcha doing in the UK? [14:00] olgafun01: I tolld you before that i wnet to UK for some project [14:01] olgafun01: U there? [14:02] me: What is that you do for a living? [14:02] olgafun01: I work as an interior Decorator / computer Consultant for interior/remodelling companies…. [14:02] me: sounds fun. [14:03] olgafun01: Ohh yeah [14:03] olgafun01: What do you do too? [14:04] me: Internet Fraud Investigations [14:04] olgafun01: Okay [14:05] olgafun01: So where are you? [14:05] olgafun01: Tell me what you really do for you living? [14:05] olgafun01: Coz that is not wor [14:05] olgafun01: work [14:06] me: yes it is. this is part of work I do: http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/summary/imc/a1026055?cntxt=a1000451 [14:07] olgafun01: Okay [14:08] me: But I am more on the consulting side. I go help companies track down the bad guys [14:08] olgafun01: Okay [14:08] olgafun01: That is a good work [14:08] me: yeah.. it's fun. I get to work with the FBI alot. [14:08] olgafun01: Brb please
She may be back, but it's been about 45 minutes. I think she might be a bit scared now. We'll see.
Ahh, finally a topic near and dear to my heart, Security Event Management (SEM). Well, at least it's near and dear to my paycheck. The whitepaper (PDF) is released by Three Sixty Information Security, a security consulting firm based in London. It covers what is SEM, and how to prepare for it. Since most the work I do right now is post sales, I usually miss the opportunity to promote this level of planning. So to all the future customers of TSOM: read this paper and give some good though to planning. More often than not, the database that is created by TSOM (and any SEM for that matter) is one of the largest databases a company will manage. But planning for a large database is only part of the story. And I thank Three Sixty Information Security for putting together a decent whitepaper helping future customers.
IBM Tivoli Security Operations Manager (TSOM) supports two databases, Mysql and Oracle. Mysql has many resources that are free and easy to use online. Oracle, however, is a bit more challenging. As a product consultant I am tuning databases as often as I am working with TSOM. Unfortunately, I am not a DBA. I am nearly a MSDBA, but never finished taking all the tests required. So working with Oracle has been fun. Today I came across a collection of oracle scripts posted by Pentest Limited (a UK based security firm). These are probably easy as cake for Oracle DBAs, but will help me immense in the field. Also posted on their downloads page is BTScanner:
BTScanner for XP is a Bluetooth environment auditing tool for Microsoft
Windows XP, implemented using the bluecove libraries (an open source
implementation of the JSR-82 Bluetooth API for Java).
Requirements
: Windows XP Service Pack 2 with a Microsoft Windows supported
Bluetooth driver. This will not work with the WIDCOMM Bluetooth stack.
I posted about my fun on True.com, where the company itself was attempting to scam me. Now it seems I found that Nigerian scammers have moved to Yahoo Personals. This was the third time this has happened in about a week. All of the the “girls” involved had their profiles deleted days after emailing me. They all had full profiles and seem like real people. Who happen to be stuck in Nigeria. One needed some cash to pay the hotel phone bill. One needed cash for transportation to the American Embassy. One clue is the “Buzz!!” that happens when I am IMing these folks. It happen with a previous chat too. Here's an older chat:
[17:40] me: hello… you there? [17:40] marybabie112: How have you been [17:40] marybabie112: i know you forgetten about me [17:40] marybabie112: i will be trying to talk to you but know response [17:41] me: just been busy… how have you been? [17:42] me: did you remove your profile from yahoo? [17:42] marybabie112: yes cos i have you [17:43] me: ?? You have me? [17:44] marybabie112: YES [17:44] marybabie112: cos since started talking to you i feel butterfly in my stomach [17:49] marybabie112: do you think will have anything in common [17:49] me: if you want you give me a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx [17:50] me: I hope so [17:50] marybabie112: They dont allow me to used the hotel phone anymore cos the money am oweing them [17:51] me: hotel? Where are you at? [17:51] marybabie112: Nigeria , Summit Hotel [17:52] me: oh… well it's kinda hard to go out for drinks with you still out there. When will you be back in town? [17:53] marybabie112: i dont know yet cos i dont have the money to pay them [17:53] me: riiiight. So, email when you're back in town. Then we can chat. [17:54] marybabie112: Okay
And here's the chat I had this morning.
[07:43] olgafun01: Hello [07:43] olgafun01: How are you doing today?\ [07:43] me: good morning [07:44] olgafun01: Good morning to you too [07:44] olgafun01: How is everything over there? [07:45] me: good. just getting up and going. Excuse my faulty memory, but who is this? [07:47] olgafun01: This is Olga from US TN [07:47] olgafun01: Do you know where you meet me? [07:48] me: No, I'm sorry. Where did we meet? [07:49] olgafun01: Arer you on Fling? [07:49] me: no [07:49] me: what is fling? [07:50] olgafun01: Did you know me?My name is Olga from Clarksville TN and i know you know me from some site [07:51] me: Prehaps Yahoo personals? [07:51] olgafun01: Yeah you got it right? [07:52] me: cool, can you send me a link to your profile? [07:53] olgafun01: Well i have not finish my profile but i can tell you about me and where am from? [07:53] olgafun01: Okay [07:54] me: Sure, but how did we meet on yahoo personals if you don't have a profile there? [07:58] olgafun01: Well i just search on only you [07:58] olgafun01: Coz i love your profile [07:59] me: ah. Well, thank you. Why are you looking for folks in Atlanta? Planning on coming down? [08:00] olgafun01: Ohh coz i love the way you put your profile and i wish to know you better than this and i know when you get online everything wil gonna be alright for me to see you in person [08:00] olgafun01: Coz i have been hurt before and am still looking for man who can be with me for ever and ever [08:02] me: I'm not one for online romances. I don't mind chatting every now and then, but I am not online enough. I'd rather just meet in person. I think you can discover a lot more about a person that way. [08:03] olgafun01: WHere are you? [08:03] olgafun01: Talk to me [08:03] olgafun01: Ohh Yeah [08:03] olgafun01: But where can i get uyou and knmow ou very well? [08:03] olgafun01: Or can will talk here better before knowing each othedr [08:03] olgafun01: Other [08:04] me: I have to get breakfast on. Be back in a bit. [08:04] olgafun01: Okay [08:04] olgafun01: Or can you mail me and tell me a lil about you so i can reply you and tell you about myself too [08:07] olgafun01: Buzz!! [08:27] me: No, thank you. I am not looking for an online/remo
te relationship. If you are in Atlanta and would like to meet, let me know. [08:27] olgafun01: Are you back? [08:28] me: yes [08:28] olgafun01: Ohh is that why you keep your self there righht [08:28] me: huh? [08:28] olgafun01: Yeah [08:30] olgafun01: Arer you there? [08:31] olgafun01: Well let talk about how will gonna meet each other [08:32] me: Sure… When is the next time you will be in Atlanta? [08:32] olgafun01: I don't Have any business there right now [08:33] olgafun01: But i can get there to meet my Mr. Right [08:34] me: This weekend I am busy. But I have a flexible work schedule. If you wanted to come down during the week, I can make time for lunch or drinks. [08:35] olgafun01: Really? [08:35] me: sure [08:37] olgafun01: Ever since I joined yahoo personals, I have always wanted to meet someone like you with so much care and respect for woman feelings I'm looking for serious relationship [08:38] me: Thanks. So when do you think we can meet? [08:38] olgafun01: Just that my heart is on fire at the moment [08:38] olgafun01: i want to be there, just that i am froze up here right now [08:40] olgafun01: Well i am a bussines person, forget to tell you that [08:40] me: too bad. I don't have the flexibility for a road trip myself. Just ping me when you think you can make it down. [08:40] me: That's cool. [08:40] olgafun01: I am here in Nigeria for the first time [08:41] olgafun01: it is not what you think ? [08:41] me: riiight, what happen to clarksville? [08:41] olgafun01: I have neve been here since i was introduce to this business 4 yrs ago and i have been to many places in Europe and in Austria [08:42] me: sounds fun. Like I said, I'm not looking for a remote relationship right now. [08:43] olgafun01: Can you imagine kind of bullshit i got myself into… Have been stranded here since Four Days [08:46] olgafun01: I lost both parent. My only brother i depend on he's is into drugs life been adicted to it, he doesnt care about me, If not i would have just ask for help from my parent or my brother. But now, that i don't have them i think you are all i have now [08:46] olgafun01: Buzz!! [08:47] me: you are in some bad shape if you are asking a perfect stranger for some help. But unfortunately, you are the third girl that I have met online that is stuck in Nigeria. Sounds like an epidemic. [08:53] olgafun01: I was here to clear some computer from Czech. But, Unfortunately when i get here i was sick and i use the money i have on me to get Treatment in the Hospital and now all i need is You to help me with some money so that i can clear the Goods. I promise to pay back as soon as i deliver the Goods and get payment from my Client. I will be very very gratefull if you can help me with the Clearance Fee so that i can get Goods cleared and return and come back to you [08:53] olgafun01: Oh yes i know about so many scam here in nigeria i wouldn'y lie to you [08:53] me: heh…. of course you wouldn't. [08:53] olgafun01: Just please try and help me, I know for now i am a stranfer to you but i am very sure later you will klnoe me more than i know myself [08:54] me: well, good luck with that. [08:54] olgafun01: please kindly help me out..I'm not just looking for financial support only, I'm looking for something meaningful and lasting [08:54] olgafun01: Just please try and understand why i need you to do this for me [08:54] me: ha, thanks for the entertainment this morning. [08:55] olgafun01: I know it is hard to trust me but i just want you to please try and help me please [08:55] olgafun01: OKay
EDIT. HA! She came back later the same day.
[11:51] olgafun01: Hello [11:51] olgafun01: How are you doing am back [11:51] olgafun01: I know you can't do nd help me but let talk about how will gonna meet each other okay [11:52] olgafun01: Buzz!! [11:52] olgafun01: Buzz!! [12:06] me: Just ping me when you get back in town. [12:06] olgafun01: Okay..But try to understand me well okay [12:07] olgafun01: Am in the state right now but i need to clear my goods in Nigeria coz the costom sieze my goods here and tell me to pay for the Good [12:07] me: “[08:40] olgafun01: I am here in Nigeria for the first time” [12:07] olgafun01: Goods and i dont have enough money with me all i have here is j
ust $600 [12:08] olgafun01: I jst did an mistake [12:08] me: yup [12:08] olgafun01: COz am so sad and i dont know what to do and what to talk about okay [12:08] olgafun01: Am sorry [12:09] me: right… [12:09] me: http://blog.xavier.ashe.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/2/2853018.html [12:10] olgafun01: I know you can't trust me [12:10] olgafun01: But just try to believe me that i can't do something to make you be unhappy to me [12:11] olgafun01: Coz i really wanna meet you and know you very well that is why i just read all what i write and i see tht i did an mistake there [12:11] olgafun01: Am sorry for that [12:12] me: are you marybabie112 too? [12:12] olgafun01: Nop, [12:12] olgafun01: My real name is Olga and am from TN \ [12:12] olgafun01: Nop that is not my name [12:12] olgafun01: I told you am in the state right now [12:13] me: Well, when you are Atlanta, I will meet you for drinks. Then you can try to scam me to my face, until then I have to get back to work. [12:13] olgafun01: Ohh is that what you think about me? [12:13] olgafun01: ohh that is not right [12:14] olgafun01: Coz am for real\ [12:14] me: then I'll be proved wrong when we meet [12:14] olgafun01: Okay [12:15] olgafun01: But try to help me for the goods clearase [12:15] me: HA! You are unbelievable! [12:16] olgafun01: Ohhh is that right [12:17] olgafun01: I know that coz the mistake i did before that is what make you say that to me [12:17] me: you should read http://www.stop-scammers.com/forum/default.asp?CAT_ID=6 [12:17] olgafun01: That is why isay i can't trust any one in here again [12:17] olgafun01: They always breaking my heart [12:19] olgafun01: So you are one of them [12:19] olgafun01: Well i promise to come to you [12:19] olgafun01: And i knwo you gonna do this for me to make me happy [12:20] me: I'll believe it when I meet you. Until then, you can stop trying to get any money out of me. [12:21] olgafun01: Yeah that is when i meet you okay [12:21] olgafun01: Well please try to trust me and help me to clear the good [12:22] olgafun01: So i can be able to sell it here and get the money so i can be able to get over to you soon [12:22] olgafun01: Okay [12:22] olgafun01: I promise you that [12:22] me: STOP TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM ME. You are barking up the wrong tree. [12:23] olgafun01: Ohh Okay [12:23] olgafun01: Will you help me for something [12:23] olgafun01: Do you know how much am asking from you? [12:23] me: it doesn't matter [12:24] olgafun01: I know that [12:24] olgafun01: But just try to believe me very well than thjis [12:24] olgafun01: Can you talk to my client right here [12:25] olgafun01: Buzz!! [12:26] me: no [12:26] olgafun01: WHy? [12:26] olgafun01: Hello [12:26] olgafun01: Talk to me [12:27] me: what else do you want to know. Yes, I would love to meet you. No, you are not scamming me out of any money. Yes, i am at work and am very busy. [12:27] olgafun01: Ohh okay [12:28] olgafun01: When you are not busy please talk to me so will can know how wil gonna meet okay [12:28] olgafun01: Bye [12:28] olgafun01: Buzz!!
Unbelievable. But I guess people fall for it or they would keep doing it.
I am very happy to announce a new short filmed released by Digitribe Productions, After. For the first time, see the zombie outbreak through the eyes of the undead. I worked on the film as an associate producer. You can see the full film online. This was lot of fun to make. After was written by and produced from the same people who brought you Geekin'. Please let us know what you think. We have started work on our new film, but I cannot discuss the details until it gets further along.
It's been a crazy busy week at a client site with no internet connectivity. Gotta love those air gapped networks! Anyway… the post will resume shortly. Thanks for all your emails! In the meantime, many of you in security will find the picture familiar:
The blog has been a bit quiet lately. I have been working on a new solution that was announced at the beginning of the month. The security concerns of telecoms and data carriers has changed a bit. The thing I used to hear was “I only want to know about the attacks on my customers, everything else we can ignore.” The attacks that when from one peer AS to another was of little concern. But the attitude is changing now that these carriers are depending of their core transport for more and more revenue streams. Mobile broadband to phones and laptops, VOIP, video, the emergence of WiMAX, and other new technologies are pushing the big carriers to rethink their security responsibility.
So a few months ago I was tapped to design what we dubbed as “Security in the Cloud”. We needed a way to detect, manage, and mitigate security threats in the core transport of telecoms and data carriers. What we did was talked with a few customers to figure out what was needed to step up to the challenge. What came out of that was a collaboration of existing Tivoli software and the technology from an IBM partner, Narus. Narus has some great detection technology for finding real threats within the massive amounts of data traversing the core backbone. Then IBM Tivoli Security Operations Manager (TSOM) takes the Narus alert data and correlates it with existing security detection technologies to get more out of the alert data from Narus. Then the correlated security events get passed to IBM Tivoli Netcool to be correlated and displayed along side performance and availability data. The integration and flexibility of this solution is due to the IBM BladeCenter HT servers that makes it easy to scale to meet the demands of the Telecoms. This combination of data allows carriers to detect and mitigate threats before they affect the performance of their network.
This solution was first introduced to the world at the ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong. As a result of the pre-event and onsite media activities, IBM media relations teams have delivered in excess of 100 articles online and in print to date, with more articles expected in Hong Kong and mainland China. The mainland China media alone have published 59 articles on our announcements at ITU to date. Our announcements were picked up by more than 150 different news sites globally. Here's just a few of the mentions of the solution:
The development continues as we refine our offering to meet customer needs. It's been a fun project and happy to see it making sense for so many customers.
EDIT: Just found out that IBM is now a member of the WiMAX Forum.
The previous project kept me away from the blog, but expect it to pick up pace now that's over. I am taking a week of vacation to move into a new place and will have some time to catch up on all my web reading. Just wanted to say that the blog's not dead… just asleep for a few weeks. Here's a picture to show how hard this project was:
I will be onsite at a client for the next few weeks, so there's no telling how much I will be able to post. Here's a nice geeky comic to pass the time:
This is from kxcd, “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and langauge”.
